frame drums - Pete Korpela
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frame drums - Pete Korpela
) i Fl .!l rI I I Cooperm FRAME DRUMS By GaryGardner ll I knewaboutthe awesomenessof Cooperman handdrumsI hadlearned throughword of mouth. Sowhen I wasgiventhe assignmentto actuallyget to playsome of the handmade-in-the-U.S.A. drums,I waselated.My findings: craftsmenat Cooperman have TheCooperman pandeiro, shaker harnessed the essenceof that pandeiro, andGlenVeleztar historywhileenlistingthe experaretop quality.There'snothing tiseof guruhanddrummerGlen more beautifulthan a drum that Velezto delivera true musician's playsasgreatas it looks.Madein instrument.Partof the CooperVermont,thesewonderfulinstru- man Artistlnnovations series, mentsarethe bestof the best. the GlenVeleztar is the realdeal. Cooperman takesadvantageof Thetar featuresCooperthe traditions of solidbent-wood m an' spat ent edi n t e r n atl u n i n g shellconstruction andcouplesit technology,which is, in a word, with the creativeinnovationsof inc r edible. Allens c r e w sa r e s e t someof the leadinghand-drum deepinto the rim of the shell artistsin the world. and take a T=gripAllenwrench f or t uning.Hav in gt h e t u n i n g screwsinsetallowsfor a drum Someexpertshavesuggested that is not shackledby exterthat the NorthAfrican/Middle nal har dwar em e c h a n i s mas n d Easterntar hasbeenaround m aint ainst he ins t r u m e n t 's trafor ihousandsof years.The ditionalappearance. lhe wood sxELtS Srtgs List pHtce FiHtS4 f€aiuR€s dof.tact acoperman, c0r-a: [email protected]*r 72 onuutl a n u a r y 2 0 0 9 d r u m m a g a zin e ,co m , 'I ''ih.- E-" \ \"**' !4.., i n l a yi s a l s oq u i t e ts b e a u t iuf l . ' - si a ::n P l a y i n gt h e i . "'tit::'.i G l e nV e l e zt a r w a s a p l e a s u r eT. h e t.:.,-.,drum has many '"' , featuresthat e n h a n c et h e c a p a b i l i t i eo s f t h e i n s i r u m e n tO . ne reallycoolfeatureof the single- yourmusicalsituation, you can p l y a s h - w o o d - s h e ldl r u m i s addor removejintlesto dialin a t h e u n i q u ec u s h i o n e da r c hg r i p , moreprecisesound.Theprocess Thegrip helpspreventhand is quickandeasy,so you can f a t i g u ea n d m a k e sp l a y i n gm o r e changeai the gigor in the studio. c o m f o r t a b l eU . s i n ga s y n t h e t i c A separate smallerAllenwrench headallowsfor wonderfultois provided for thisaction. i*^.^--;,,^ rl-L r^-li+., iai[y a tmores. Thetimbreof the drum is also -^ln o r m P r e s s t vIe D e l i c a t ed y n a m i c sa r e c r i s p ,a n d flexiblebecauseof the variable t h e r e 'sn o p r o b l e mp r - o j e c t i n g t u n i n gc a p a b i l i t yS. h i p p e d w i th w i t h p l e n t yo f v o l u m e . a naturalgoatskinhead,the pandeirocan alsobe fittedwith a syntheticRemohead.lf you Wiihthetraditional character- don't want to dealwith changing istics of theBrazilian pandeiro in weather,whichcan complicate mind,Cooperman hascomeup tuning,I wouldrecommendgo- withoneheckof aninstrument. ingihesynthetic route Witha 10"diameter, 1.875" depth, andremovable six-jingle setup, thisdrumistrulyunique. AIong LosAngeles-based percussionwiththeinternaituning system, ist PeteKorpelahascollaborated thedrumisnotencumbered by with Cooperman to bringanother uueighty or bulkyexternal hard- uniquetwist to the traditional ware.Theprecision - cutbearing pandeiro. By combining the traplaying edger-nakes comfortable. ditionalpandeiroplatinella style Theornately engraved cupped with a ganza/shaker sound, jingles areseparated the voiceof the instrumentcan bya flat jinglethatgivesthepandeiro its changein new andexcitingways. traditional drysound. Theplatinella, the dome-shaped Theabilityto remove the brassjingle,worksin conjunction jingles andchantethesetupis with a hybrid"shaker"platinella a top-notch added bonus feathai is fitted to a baseplaiemade ture.Depending ontheneeds of of RemoFiberskyn" baseis attached the flatFiberskyn to whatlookslikea wrapthatcovers jingleisa the "shaker" thebase.Inside quantityof shot,which nicelybalanced givesthesmoothganzaeffect.These newjingleseasilyfrt intothe regular jingleslotsandcreatea wonderful mix Youcanpiaythepandeiro of colors. or shakeit horizontally. traditionally sysPlus,withtheeasyjingleremoval tem,youcanadjusttheratioof shaker jingles t o t r ad rti o n a l j i n g- l easv e ry I I indeed. I handvf eat ure I r ln Concert Sittingin a greatbigroomwithtremenreverb, and somefriends dousnatural drumsthrough I puttheCooperman the ourownprivateccnceri.Playing 6lenVeleztar wasa realjoy.Greatbig Theshell toneswithsupersustain. and.withthecushis wellbala::ced ionedgrip.playingisquitecomfortable.Thedrunrieaiiycranksout some and:heRemoRenaissance volume. ciear'and defined dyheadprociuces Xneovei'tonemufflingsystem namics. doesrvhatitsnameimplies defrnitely outthemore - nobuiid-upwashing intricaterhvthrrsplayedon thedrum. has Ihe shaker landeiroI received withfrveshaker onebrassp:atineila jingles, andir reailyaddeda unique soundto:he group.Verysmooth justenough from shakerpu'ses+vith i didremove oneshaker theplatinei:a. jingle jingleandadd€danother brass andthatgavea ltttlemoreweightto thesambafeelwiththethreedrums. between thetraditional Alternatlng pandeiro pandeiro ard sfraker wasa funmix.fte crispsoundfromthetrareallydrivesthe flavorof ditionalcr"'-.rm ,36!3. ringerrollsandslapspopped outwithnicetonality.ll l3 Monsoonlainmafter alivewith Music comes swffii ,,.ri ..'jf }J3 STJJ#$J-J +f *,{ .,.',," .*.gr ry*:i - i *{*-'' r'-i - :WHO sffirJffi& &ffip*s&t&?*#w :lS THE t{ffi. lry-ffi-ry-ffij1i i*''; F*r $fage sr $fsdi* 1 ' # A # Y f f iS T F' :",d #us-em$sruils ffigrumu iffiffi*r?d#ffiffi?' ,* Scryffe $filafd* S#Kffiffiru A&s*rptfon 8affl*s ; s'#f tr iwoitospasieiioiummer.com i' e"' ii.. 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